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September 19, 1931
1930 CENSUS eWG^’S QUOTA SLIGHTLY
The Commission on September 18 adopted the compilation of the 1930 population figures as prepared by the Census Bureau as a basis for distribution of broadcast¬ ing facilities. Up to this time, the "preliminary figures" of the Departntent of Commerce had been used as a means of computing the "quota system" under the Com¬ mission’s interpretation of the Davis Amendment.
The differences in unit values showed no gain or loss greater than ,05 unit and ranged downward in values as small as .01 unit. This redistribution involved
33 states, Porto Pico and the District of Columbia, Sixteen states gained addi¬
tional quota facilities, while seventeen others lost from .01 to *04 of a unit. Kentucky lost .04 unit, while New Jersey showed a gain of .05. Indiana and Utah each gained .03 of a unit, New York losing this same amount. The remaining states showed gains or losses of ,02 unit or less.
The new tabulation shows differences between the cuota units due under "pre¬ liminary figures" and the "Fifteenth Census" figures as follows:
New Jersey, -f-.05; Kentucky, -.04; New York, -.03; Indiana, -^.03; Utah, -1.03; Connecticut, ^,02; Porto Rico, -.02; District of Columbia, -(-,02; New Hampshire, -.02; Ohio, ^-.02; Alabama, -.02; Louisiana, +.02; Illinois, +.02; Minnesota, -.02; Nebraska, -.02; Colorado, -.02; New Mexico, -.02; Massachusetts, -.01.
Maryland, -.01; Pennsylvania, -.01; Michigan, -f-.Ol; Virginia, +.01; West Virginia, f.Ol; North Carolina, -.01; Georgia, -f.Ol; Arkansas, -.01; South Carolina -j^Ol; Missouri, -.01; Wisconsin, f.Ol; Kansas, -.01; South Dakota,
+.01; North Dakota, -.01; California, +.01; Washington, -.01; Montana, +.01.
The new tabulation follows:
Revision of quota of radio facilities due and assigned each State, accordin<g to figures released by the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce in its "Fifteenth Census of the United States 1930:"
FIRST ZONE
Percentage
Over
Of Zone
Quota
Present
or
Facilities
Units
Quota
Under
Population
Due
Due
Assigned
Quota
New York
12,588,066
43.83
35.07
39.20
+4.13
Massachusetts
4,249,614
14.80
11.34
9,98
-1.86
New Jersey
4,041,334
14.07
11.26
11,53
+0.27
Maryland
1,631,526
5.68
4.55
4,10
-0.45
Connecticut
1,606,903
5.60
4.48
3.55
-0.93
Porto Rico
1,543,913
5.38
4.30
0.40
-3.90
Ma ine
797,423
2.78
2.22
2.20
-0.02
Rhode Island
687,497
2.39
1.91
1.40
-0.51
Dist. of Columbia
486,869
1.69
1.35
1.30
-0,05
New Hampshire
465,293
1 — 1
1.29
0.80
-0.49
Vermont
359,611
1.25
1.00
0.60
o
•
o
1
Delaware
238,380
.83
.67
0.70
+ 0.03
Virgin Islands
22,012
,08
.06
—
-0.06
TOTAL
28,718,441
100.00
80.00
75.76
-4.24